Table 5.
Associated factors of HISB among patients with IBD
| Associated variables | Number of studies |
Studies |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic | ||
| Age | 17 | [16, 17, 36, 43, 44, 48, 50, 59, 60, 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 76, 81, 84] |
| Education level | 8 | [17, 38, 52, 55, 60, 69, 73, 84] |
| Gender | 11 | [16, 17, 44, 48, 52, 60, 65, 68, 74, 77, 81] |
| Race / Ethnicity | 3 | [16, 61, 84] |
| Income | 1 | [55] |
| Psychological | ||
| Disease-related anxiety and fears | 6 | [16, 38, 56, 69, 70, 88] |
| Individual interest/preference | 7 | [44, 53, 55, 58, 68, 70, 84] |
| Self-efficacy in learning | 1 | [49] |
| Self-efficacy in health | 2 | [44, 70] |
| Experience of seeking health information | 4 | [44, 63, 70, 84] |
| Role-related or interpersonal | 4 | [48, 61, 68, 70] |
| Environmental | ||
| Place of residence | 4 | [36, 48, 85, 86] |
| Source-related characteristics | ||
| Credibility | ||
| Trustworthiness | 7 | [16, 17, 55, 60, 81, 84, 88] |
| Output quality | 7 | [17, 38, 58, 60–62, 77] |
| Usefulness | ||
| Perceived usefulness of health information | 3 | [58, 60, 61] |
| Perceived usefulness of ways to access information | 7 | [45, 47, 56, 62, 71, 77, 84] |
| Perceived negative of health information | 2 | [56, 82] |
| Disease-related | ||
| Disease duration | 8 | [38, 48, 66, 69, 71, 75, 78, 84] |
| Disease activity / Severity | 8 | [16, 37, 38, 51, 70, 75, 81, 84] |
| Experience of treatment | 3 | [16, 73, 81] |
| Types of IBD | 4 | [16, 72, 76, 81] |